Corn trimmer



i 1 0 e I guiding an ear' fof corn toward said blade with s for normally urgings aid knii es inone di'ree- :tion radiall bination ofia" hollow rotatable shaftia knife 5. In a [corn trimming machine the Team;

carrying head 'rnounted thereon5 a plurality yieldably opposing" exp ansive' imove nent of knives'so as to-retain-thesame in opera tive position;andmeans operative through 1 said hollow shaft'for cleaning saidfknivesl 6Qln a corn trimming 'machine :the oom bination of a rotatable 'sha ftprovidedwith nd intranet their blades dis dsed sub; 4 stantially radially of the a-xis of the shaft anda lportioniof the blade "cutting" edge of 'each dire'cted substantially radially inward,

resilient means coaxial with said shaftinor v of knives pivotedon said head,[ means for. gmally tending to. maintain said kniyes frbm L moving radially, outward from. oneanother about their pivots, and means for rotating; i

said shaft. 1' 1 1 13. In a corn trimming device, arotatable element; a plurality of knives secu redito said elementadjacent one end of each'about'a:

a head, a plurality of knives -carriedby said 7' substantially common center and'adapted" to head j'aim'ember extendingfsubstantiallyaxiaj,

ally'o'f said shaftand connected atone end contracted positionf r "7. afcorn'trimmer;the' 'combination of means" for removing the jkernels'froma circumferenti'al marginal end ofi an earfof corn,

" {said means includingfmeans for cutting a 1 curved fillet; betwee n the, whole grains and" the surface of the' ear re jaining after the "remo'val of grains from saidgmarginaljend, 'f'

and means movable, in proximityto said out:

receives an end of an ear of corn between them,. and means for In 'Witnessf of signature;

ting means fordisengaging from the cutting 1 means any portions of ears which mayadhere ito-thecutting means.

8.1 ;A A orn trimm comprisingv the 1 ,com-

' binationfo f rotatable means "for cutting. ke'r: l

' l nels froman end portion of :an ear of" corn-.

and'forcutting aeurved fillet in the kernels ting means.

adj acentrto the uncut remainingkernels, and v I self-adjusting meansforcenteringand hold f ing anj'ear in axial alignmentwith the cut:-

" 9. In a corn'trimmeryme'ans forremoying of one end thereof includingimeans for cute] ting a fillet "between a the portion from which therkernels ofan earof cornfrom a portion the v: grains have beenremoved and'the. ree

maining grains adjacent "thereto; I

therewith and disposed with abortion of its 1 blade substantiallyparallel the axis of'rota tion offsaid shaft and anouter end portion g 10. In a corn trimmer, a,rotatable shaft, V j a knifesecured to said. shaftf'for rotation curving away'from said "shaft, means for the axis of the-ear substantially 'in alignment 3 with the axis of said sh aft andinto engage- V -mentfwith both said portions ofsaid blade; and meansforrotatingsaidshaft; v-

:' 11.; In acorn trimmeriin,eoinbination', 1 I

tatably mounted means for cuttingia circum I ferentia'l taper and ifillet ona corn ear, ad-

v ejecting dbris from cleaning the same.

12. In' a device of characterdeseribed; I

a rotatable shaft, a pluralityofzkniyes each piyotallysecured to 's aid shaft adjacent gene" ejecting debris lodging- JOHN THOMAS ,MCGRATH; 111 a 

